UNIT I – CHILDREN From birth to
age 12
• How the Emotions and Thinking
develop
• Developing a Value System
• Disciplining a Child – The Drive
Level System
• Learning Ability – The Drive
Level System
• The Role of the Father/Mother
• Instilling “Obedience” in a Child

UNIT II – From Age 13 to Age 18
• A Time of Radical Changes Physically and Emotionally
• From Childhood to Adulthood
• Entering the World of Reality
• Learning how to Communicate with Parents and Adults

UNIT III – Common Problems Parents Have Raising Children and Teens
• A list of approximately 35 pitfalls commonly seen in counseling

UNIT IV – PUTTING TOGETHER ADULTHOOD
• Discovering and Developing “Who am I?”
• Learning how to get along with that person
• Handling criticism
• From Burn-Out to a New Beginning
• Key Points in Managing Self
• Living Life with A “Purpose”

UNIT V – MARRIAGE – WHEN TWO LIVE AS ONE
• The Order of Relationships within the Marriage
• Psychological Differences between Male and Female
• Drive Levels and the Balance of the Marriage
• Common Problems that upset 1st Marriages
• Common Problems that upset 2nd Marriages
• The “Mechanical Hour”
• Creating Happiness within the Marriage

UNIT VI - COMMON DISORDERS PEOPLE MAY EXPERIENCE
AND HOW TO CORRECT THEM
• The Progressiveness of a Dysfunctional Life
• Depression – Internalized
• Depression – Externalized
• Depression – Bi-Polar (Manic)
• Depression – Neurotic Compulsive (Nervous Breakdown)
• Depression – Alcohol, Drugs, Gambling
• Depression – ADD and ADHD
• The “Walking Schizophrenic
• The “Full” Schizophrenic
• Sexual Disorders
• Incest and its consequences
• The Anorexic Person
• Autism

What others have said about the seminars:

"This course has given me an extraordinary insight into people and their problems, and what we can do to help them. It has given me real insight into the emotional make-up of the human personality. I am paying the way and sending all of my office personal through this training".
Public Utilities Mgr., Glasgow, Montana

"It has helped me to understand others better. I would urge everyone to take the course". Electrician, Omaha, Nebraska

" This is a course you absolutely cannot afford to miss! It helps you understand what makes people tick. It will enrich your life beyond your highest dreams. It is better than any college course I have ever taken". School Teacher, Minot, North Dakota

" Al really communicated to us about the physical, emotional, and spiritual dimensions of our lives, and never did we feel that he preached to us, but he talked in such a way to really touch us where we live." Pastor – Eastview Church, Cedar Rapids, Iowa

"His approach is not to conduct Bible conferences or theological lectures, but to bring help in many areas not being discussed or dealt with in a regular church program. We commend this ministry to pastors of every denomination with the sincere prayer that wherever the ministry comes, many lives will be benefited". Lutheran Pastor, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

" It is so helpful to find a qualified Christian counselor who is willing to go to the grassroots and present this positive series". Pastor – Missionary Church, Freeman, South Dakota

" I appreciated the knowledge that Al shares in the area of current problems that people face and the teaching of the Word of God. His use of the Bible as the basis for the solution to the problems people face is most needful in the time in which we live". Mennonite Pastor, Marion, South Dakota

" “Basic Principles For Daily Living” was a very wholesome, positive experience for me and the United Church. Those who attended the series were very responsive to it and only wished they might have had it sooner". United Methodist Church, Rapid City, South Dakota

" This is the distilled wisdom that makes the simple profound, and the profound simple". Youth For Christ Director, Anchorage, Alaska

" I paid the way for all of my office personnel. It was worth every dollar and I recommend it to other companies to do the same". A Company President, Omaha, Nebraska

" I need to take it again. While you were trying to teach us about understanding others, I was so busy tracing all of these things within myself. I now want to take it again. It was really exciting. Thanks a lot". Homemaker, Gretna, Nebraska

" I wish a course like this would be taught in medical school. It really explained a lot of things to me". A Medical Doctor, Des Moines, Iowa

" This man is not a psychologist or a counselor, but a man who can fix people’s problems". An Attorney, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

" If people were more educated in this area of their lives, they would have fewer problems physically". Pharmacist, Omaha, Nebraska

" I wish I could have been taught this material in medical school – it would have made my life easier working with people and patients". A Medical Doctor, Iowa City, Iowa

Then in the late 90’s this seminar was presented via television, on a station in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. It ran for one hour every Monday and Thursday evening.

"I have been following your television series since January when I retired. How I love the way you explain things so they make sense". ENT Doctor, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

" I have a notebook full of notes I have taken off your TV series".
Inmate in SD Penitentiary, Sioux Falls, South Dakota

" Here is a man with some worthwhile material. Everyone should watch it".
Warden of SD State Penitentiary, Sioux Falls, South Dakota